1st time with airbrush

[kennydowuk]

Well as the title says here is the results from my 1st airbrushed body.
any feed back is appreciated I learnt alot from this one, like painting a back ground colour with a fine tipped airbrush is not the way to go :).
anyway photos
http://kd-design.co.uk/images/painting/b44.1/_1060210.JPGhttp://kd-design.co.uk/images/painting/b44.1/_1060211.JPGhttp://kd-design.co.uk/images/painting/b44.1/_1060213.JPG
and the bit I'm not so happy with
http://kd-design.co.uk/images/painting/b44.1/_1060212.JPG

[U1timate PigDog]

Hey,

Firstly I'd like to say thats not bad at all for your first attempt,things I think you could practice to make it look extra sharp would be


a little lighter with the shadows, make nice light passes and slowly build up the shadows, dont try to do the shadow in one go (reducing the paint will help alot with this)
Try to cut the mask in nice smooth strokes (this takes alot of practie, youve done well for your first attemp)
I think the colours work very well together but a nice pinstripe between the blue and yellow would finish it off nicely for me


Other than that youve done really good job and I think you should be quite proud of that for your first time, You will find you will improve with each one and find a new way to improve what your already doing,(you also find you do something wrong each time lol) airbrushing is quite a personal thing (IMO) and each person does things a little different and thats fine, its the final piece that matters

What size needle are you using Ive used .35 on 10th scale and found it works pretty well to cover the background, a little higher pressure and holding the brush further away helps.

But you could always do the details with the brush and fill the background using a can.

Anyway great work and keep posting :thumbsup:

[coleman758]

For your first attempt it's pretty good!
The design is layed out nice, it fits the shell cool.

Advice. When your brushing the shadows, dont try to do it in one pass.
Do a few light coats.

[jonmiller]

I'll echo what has been said already ;)

[kennydowuk]

thanks guys
if im honest it was a slight rush job with masking tape i had left over from 5 years ago when i use to use cans to paint.
this is the airbrush i got http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110865648946?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
the more i read up i see its not perfect but i can always move up in future i guess

[jonmiller]

That's it mate, just to get started and get a taste for it.

If you do want to upgrade at some point I have now started to stock airbrushes :thumbsup:

[kennydowuk]

some more i have done
http://kd-design.co.uk/images/painting/_1060248c.jpghttp://kd-design.co.uk/images/painting/_1060242c.jpg
the set :)
http://kd-design.co.uk/images/painting/_1060234c.jpg